Gold has always been a hot commodity. But these days, finding a nugget isn’t too tricky: Much of the world’s gold is mined from natural veins of quartz, a glassy mineral that streaks through large ...

Scientists have discovered a dramatic geological process beneath eastern Africa that could reshape the continent over millions of years. New research published in Nature Geoscience reveals that pulses ...

Although dolomite is relatively plentiful in rocks older than 100 million years, scientists have been unable to replicate the geologic process in the lab—until now. Using a transmission electron ...